Doppio Espresso, with a Sweet'n'Low packet... bittersweet as unrequited love...

Ummmmm....Starbucks.........

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Where now the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing?Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing?Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing?They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadowThe days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadowWho shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burningOr behold the flowing years from the Sea returning? ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

My all time favorite is a Cafe Valencia. It's a Cafe Mocha with a shot of orange flavored syrup. Tastes just like those chocolate covered orange jelly-like candies. We have so many Starbucks here now that they have mini Starbucks inside the grocery stores.

We have Starbucks coming out of our ears in the Chicago area. They're in every Dominick's, you can't walk 500 feet downtown without seeing one, they're gonna be in the newly-remodeled tollway oasises, and they just opened their first free-standing store on 103rd Street & Cicero Avenue. As far as their regular coffee goes, I'll put Dunkin' Donuts, White Hen Pantry, Caribou Coffee, Gloria Jean's and the coffees from the new BP Amoco and ExxonMobil gas stations up against Starbucks any day of the week.

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Mike F.

May the Irish hills caress you.May her lakes and rivers bless you.May the luck of the Irish enfold you.May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.